wqlava1 wrote:Check the vendor's name. The buyer says "Darling, Ok if we pick up a cheap bike from a Chippendale when we're out on the weekend? "

Like the rest of you are saying, it can't be the bike that's exciting the bids.

Because retro bikes are the latest must have yuppie accessory in their inner city 'apartments' (flats), it's not good enough to have a $30K Vengie thingie on top of your $200K Euro AWD, you have to have a retro bike leaning up against the wall in your 'sitting room' (lounge room), otherwise what will all your yuppie friends have to talk about when they come around. "Oh that old thing, yeah you know, I just found it in the council clean up & thought it would be a nice cheap ornament" (after they've spent $5K on a full resto).

Wal42 wrote: Because retro bikes are the latest must have yuppie accessory in their inner city 'apartments' (flats), it's not good enough to have a $30K Vengie thingie on top of your $200K Euro AWD, you have to have a retro bike leaning up against the wall in your 'sitting room' (lounge room), otherwise what will all your yuppie friends have to talk about when they come around. "Oh that old thing, yeah you know, I just found it in the council clean up & thought it would be a nice cheap ornament" (after they've spent $5K on a full resto).

so now those of us who have always had old bikes and love them for what they are will get labeled as yuppies can't wait for this " latest must have " to die out ( shouldn't take long )

scratchman wrote:so now those of us who have always had old bikes and love them for what they are will get labeled as yuppies can't wait for this " latest must have " to die out ( shouldn't take long )

What time is it now?

How do ya reckon ya look if ya own a fleet of retro bikes, I'm pretty bad but ldr must be the yuppie king.

scratchman wrote:so now those of us who have always had old bikes and love them for what they are will get labeled as yuppies can't wait for this " latest must have " to die out ( shouldn't take long )

What time is it now?

How do ya reckon ya look if ya own a fleet of retro bikes, I'm pretty bad but ldr must be the yuppie king.

Nah, if we are counting bikes as a 'yuppie-indicator' then I must so far into yuppie-dom that I am out the other side into straight-on weirdness... CheersRichard

Damnit, that blue Paconi roadie in Geelong just went for a steal: $315!

Double bugger since I'm visiting family in Geelong this week & could've easily collected it and taken it back to Perth on Sunday. Head tube suggested it was a size too small, bank account said "AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH", I guess it was for the best.

This Campione is a smidgin too big for me, or I'd be around there to look. (2 suburbs away). Someone in Sydney may be interested; and also explain whether there was an attempted 'fixie fix'? Unlike fleabay, it's Bing_Lee negotiable, so could be obtainable for less. Not being familiar with the make, don't know where it sits in the gallery, but looks nice enough. Crap photos.Is it gas-pipe?

RE: team paconi, seller said it was owned by "G. Maloney", which could be Gordon Maloney?i was kinda half interested, but buying bikes unseen is a bit of a risk sometimes, esp. from a vague ebay seller.

My first thought was the Champione brand that sells Columbus stainless frames, made in china or taiwan.

I would have thought this was a trade frame from Campione Cycles in Geelomg. Pretty easy to check. I think they were made by Technotrat, so in other words they're Europa siblings. A pretty useful bike for half that price.

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